Home & garden briefs, Saturday, June 15

Saturday

Jun 15, 2013 at 12:01 AM

Cherry Valley United Methodist Church will host an all-you-can-eat baked potato, salad, and sundae bar from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. today at the church, 1238 Kemmertown Road, off Cherry Valley Road, Hamilton Township. Hot dogs and barbecue are also available.

Cherry Valley United Methodist Church will host an all-you-can-eat baked potato, salad, and sundae bar from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. today at the church, 1238 Kemmertown Road, off Cherry Valley Road, Hamilton Township. Hot dogs and barbecue are also available.

Cost is $10 for adults and $5 for 12 and under.

A Project Linus Blanket Making event will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. today at Dingmans Ferry United Methodist Church, 115 Myck Road (off Park Road, across from Ambulance Corps), Dingmans Ferry.

The group will be making no-sew fleece blankets for Project Linus, which donates blankets to ill children. Children are welcome to participate and will make drawings for quilt squares.

Join the Monroe County Garden Club from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 29, for a tour of nine beautiful and striking gardens in Monroe County. The tour will feature gardens in East Stroudsburg, Stroudsburg and Henryville. The garden tour will be held rain or shine.

Buy tickets from 9 a.m. to noon in front of Trackside Bar and Grill (formerly Dansbury Depot), 50 Crystal St., East Stroudsburg, or Werkheiser's Garden Center, Route 611, Tannersville Plaza. Tickets are $8 for garden club members and $10 for nonmembers. Children under 12 free. Proceeds benefit the garden club's scholarship fund.

For information, contact Sheila Bortree at 570-629-0279 or president Carol Akam at 570-897-6433 or akamc@frontiernet.net

"If We Build It ... Dogs Can Run" Yard Sale will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. today at TLC Park, corner of routes 611 and 715 in Tannersville.

There will be a walk through the Tannersville Bog from 1 to 3:30 p.m. Sunday, June 23, led by an environmental educator.

June is the month for the widest variety of wildflowers blooming in the bog.

Meet at the bog parking lot. Registration is required by Saturday, June 22.

Guided walks in the bog are held each Wednesday through Sept. 11 and begin at 10 a.m. through 12:30 p.m. Cost is $6 for nonmembers, $4 for members of the Monroe County Environmental Education Center or the Nature Conservancy, and children under 12. Wear appropriate footwear — no open-toed shoes or sandals.

Located on the border of Pike County along Route 447 in Barrett Township, the Mount Wismer Nature Preserve is an excellent example of the forested slopes of the Pocono escarpment.

The trail culminates with one of the most spectacular views in Monroe County. Participants will peer across the breadth of the Brodhead Creek watershed from the very edge of the Pocono Plateau to the Delaware Water Gap and beyond.

The hike is moderately strenuous and will take about 2½ hours. The group will meet at the gate for the Mount Wismer Preserve off Route 447 north of Canadensis. Cost is $5 for nonmembers, $3 for Monroe County Environmental Education Center members and children under 12

To register, call 570-629-3061.

A free outdoor screening of an original film documentary that explores how the nation's conservation movement started in Milford will be shown on the lawn of Grey Towers at dusk (about 7:30 p.m.) today.

"Seeking the Greatest Good: The Conservation Legacy of Gifford Pinchot," filmed by the regional Public Broadcast System, WVIA, highlights Pinchot's philosophy of natural resource conservation through sustainable use and how that legacy continues today.

The film will be shown rain or shine in the outdoor amphitheater or the tented terrace area. Bbring a picnic dinner, blankets and lawn chairs.

For information, call 570-296-9630 or email greytowers@fs.fed.us.

The third annual Cherry Valley Festival will be held today from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., rain or shine.

The Brodhead Watershed Association, a nonprofit organization committed to enhancing public understanding of conservation and water issues, is organizing the event with the Josie Porter Farm.

The festival, held at the Josie Porter Farm on Cherry Valley Road near Stroudsburg.

Live entertainment throughout the day will include strolling musicians from the Pocono Bluegrass & Folk Society.

Admission is free. For directions and information, visit josieporterfarm.com

Milford Valley Quilters' Guild's 2013 quilt show, "Stitching in the Valley," will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, June 22, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, June 23, at Delaware Valley High School, Routes 209 and 6, Milford. The judged show will feature more than 200 quilts, vendors, door prizes, demonstrations and a quilt raffle.

It features a stroll through the garden, garden lore, demonstrations and samplings of dishes made with fresh herbs and vegetables. Children can get their hands dirty in good clean soil while they plant seeds. A craft area will let both kids and adults have a chance to make art using plants and veggies.

The farm, at 347 Quiet Valley Road, Stroudsburg, is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today. Admission is $10 for adults and $5 for children 3-12. Children under 3 are free.

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